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Dynamic Stability of Post-Keynesian Pricing

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  • Kemp-Benedict Eric

    (Stockholm Environment Institute, Somerville, MA, USA)

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Conventional economic theory assumes a Walrasian pricing mechanism that is known to pose theoretical difficulties. Less well-known is that conventional price theory conflicts with empirical studies of price-setting in industrial firms. Post-Keynesian theory, which assumes mark-up pricing on normal costs and infrequent price changes, is consistent with observation, and we show in this paper that post-Keynesian pricing, unlike conventional pricing, features stable dynamics. We focus on the short run, because post-Keynesian theory posits complex and historically-contingent long-term price dynamics. Specifically, we show that under very general conditions, prices converge to a unique equilibrium price vector.

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  • Kemp-Benedict Eric, 2017. "Dynamic Stability of Post-Keynesian Pricing," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 17(2), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejtec:v:17:y:2017:i:2:p:12:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/bejte-2016-0013
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    Keywords

    general equilibrium; prices; post-Keynesian; Perron-Frobenius theorem; Sraffian;
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    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • C67 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Input-Output Models
    • B5 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches

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